Chinese fortune teller
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Item data
Title
Chinese fortune teller
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Fortune Telling
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1851
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC FORTU-Tel
Subjects
Fortune-telling -- China
Fortune-telling
Umbrellas
Genres
Notes
Source Note: Pictorial history of China and India : comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. (New York : Robert Sears, 1851) Sears, Robert (1810-1892), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 8 x 12 cm. (3 x 4 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17959650
Barcode: 33333159486568
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4c157930-c551-012f-2152-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1851
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Chinese fortune teller" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1851. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c157930-c551-012f-2152-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1851). Chinese fortune teller Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c157930-c551-012f-2152-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Chinese fortune teller" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c157930-c551-012f-2152-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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